diff --git a/cmd/adapter/app/start.go b/cmd/adapter/app/start.go
index 46bb3590..1a1e0fe3 100644
--- a/cmd/adapter/app/start.go
+++ b/cmd/adapter/app/start.go
@@ -44,9 +44,7 @@ func NewCommandStartPrometheusAdapterServer(out, errOut io.Writer, stopCh <-chan
 	o := PrometheusAdapterServerOptions{
 		CustomMetricsAdapterServerOptions: baseOpts,
 		MetricsRelistInterval:             10 * time.Minute,
-		RateInterval:                      5 * time.Minute,
 		PrometheusURL:                     "https://localhost",
-		DiscoveryInterval:                 10 * time.Minute,
 	}
 
 	cmd := &cobra.Command{
@@ -77,25 +75,19 @@ func NewCommandStartPrometheusAdapterServer(out, errOut io.Writer, stopCh <-chan
 		"any described objets")
 	flags.DurationVar(&o.MetricsRelistInterval, "metrics-relist-interval", o.MetricsRelistInterval, ""+
 		"interval at which to re-list the set of all available metrics from Prometheus")
-	flags.DurationVar(&o.RateInterval, "rate-interval", o.RateInterval, ""+
-		"period of time used to calculate rate metrics from cumulative metrics")
 	flags.DurationVar(&o.DiscoveryInterval, "discovery-interval", o.DiscoveryInterval, ""+
 		"interval at which to refresh API discovery information")
 	flags.StringVar(&o.PrometheusURL, "prometheus-url", o.PrometheusURL,
-		"URL for connecting to Prometheus.  Query parameters are used to configure the connection")
+		"URL for connecting to Prometheus.")
 	flags.BoolVar(&o.PrometheusAuthInCluster, "prometheus-auth-incluster", o.PrometheusAuthInCluster,
 		"use auth details from the in-cluster kubeconfig when connecting to prometheus.")
 	flags.StringVar(&o.PrometheusAuthConf, "prometheus-auth-config", o.PrometheusAuthConf,
 		"kubeconfig file used to configure auth when connecting to Prometheus.")
-	flags.StringVar(&o.LabelPrefix, "label-prefix", o.LabelPrefix,
-		"Prefix to expect on labels referring to pod resources.  For example, if the prefix is "+
-			"'kube_', any series with the 'kube_pod' label would be considered a pod metric")
 	flags.StringVar(&o.AdapterConfigFile, "config", o.AdapterConfigFile,
 		"Configuration file containing details of how to transform between Prometheus metrics "+
 			"and custom metrics API resources")
 
-	flags.MarkDeprecated("label-prefix", "use --config instead")
-	flags.MarkDeprecated("discovery-interval", "use --config instead")
+	cmd.MarkFlagRequired("config")
 
 	return cmd
 }
@@ -136,15 +128,13 @@ func makeHTTPClient(inClusterAuth bool, kubeConfigPath string) (*http.Client, er
 }
 
 func (o PrometheusAdapterServerOptions) RunCustomMetricsAdapterServer(stopCh <-chan struct{}) error {
-	var metricsConfig *adaptercfg.MetricsDiscoveryConfig
-	if o.AdapterConfigFile != "" {
-		var err error
-		metricsConfig, err = adaptercfg.FromFile(o.AdapterConfigFile)
-		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("unable to load metrics discovery configuration: %v", err)
-		}
-	} else {
-		metricsConfig = adaptercfg.DefaultConfig(o.RateInterval, o.LabelPrefix)
+	if o.AdapterConfigFile == "" {
+		return fmt.Errorf("no discovery configuration file specified")
+	}
+
+	metricsConfig, err := adaptercfg.FromFile(o.AdapterConfigFile)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("unable to load metrics discovery configuration: %v", err)
 	}
 
 	config, err := o.Config()
@@ -217,8 +207,6 @@ type PrometheusAdapterServerOptions struct {
 	RemoteKubeConfigFile string
 	// MetricsRelistInterval is the interval at which to relist the set of available metrics
 	MetricsRelistInterval time.Duration
-	// RateInterval is the period of time used to calculate rate metrics
-	RateInterval time.Duration
 	// DiscoveryInterval is the interval at which discovery information is refreshed
 	DiscoveryInterval time.Duration
 	// PrometheusURL is the URL describing how to connect to Prometheus.  Query parameters configure connection options.
@@ -227,9 +215,6 @@ type PrometheusAdapterServerOptions struct {
 	PrometheusAuthInCluster bool
 	// PrometheusAuthConf is the kubeconfig file that contains auth details used to connect to Prometheus
 	PrometheusAuthConf string
-	// LabelPrefix is the prefix to expect on labels for Kubernetes resources
-	// (e.g. if the prefix is "kube_", we'd expect a "kube_pod" label for pod metrics).
-	LabelPrefix string
 	// AdapterConfigFile points to the file containing the metrics discovery configuration.
 	AdapterConfigFile string
 }
diff --git a/cmd/config-gen/main.go b/cmd/config-gen/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b3d8f7e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/config-gen/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+	yaml "gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
+
+	"github.com/directxman12/k8s-prometheus-adapter/cmd/config-gen/utils"
+)
+
+func main() {
+	var labelPrefix string
+	var rateInterval time.Duration
+
+	cmd := &cobra.Command{
+		Short: "Generate a config matching the legacy discovery rules",
+		Long: `Generate a config that produces the same functionality
+as the legacy discovery rules. This includes discovering metrics and associating
+resources according to the Kubernetes instrumention conventions and the cAdvisor
+conventions, and auto-converting cumulative metrics into rate metrics.`,
+		RunE: func(c *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+			cfg := utils.DefaultConfig(rateInterval, labelPrefix)
+			enc := yaml.NewEncoder(os.Stdout)
+			if err := enc.Encode(cfg); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			return enc.Close()
+		},
+	}
+
+	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&labelPrefix, "label-prefix", "",
+		"Prefix to expect on labels referring to pod resources.  For example, if the prefix is "+
+			"'kube_', any series with the 'kube_pod' label would be considered a pod metric")
+	cmd.Flags().DurationVar(&rateInterval, "rate-interval", 5*time.Minute,
+		"Period of time used to calculate rate metrics from cumulative metrics")
+
+	if err := cmd.Execute(); err != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Unable to generate config: %v\n", err)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/config/default.go b/cmd/config-gen/utils/default.go
similarity index 75%
rename from pkg/config/default.go
rename to cmd/config-gen/utils/default.go
index f780e509..d8873d96 100644
--- a/pkg/config/default.go
+++ b/cmd/config-gen/utils/default.go
@@ -1,16 +1,17 @@
-package config
+package utils
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"time"
 
 	prom "github.com/directxman12/k8s-prometheus-adapter/pkg/client"
+	. "github.com/directxman12/k8s-prometheus-adapter/pkg/config"
 	pmodel "github.com/prometheus/common/model"
 )
 
 // DefaultConfig returns a configuration equivalent to the former
 // pre-advanced-config settings.  This means that "normal" series labels
-// will be of the form `<prefix>${.Resource}$`, cadvisor series will be
+// will be of the form `<prefix><<.Resource>>`, cadvisor series will be
 // of the form `container_`, and have the label `pod_name`.  Any series ending
 // in total will be treated as a rate metric.
 func DefaultConfig(rateInterval time.Duration, labelPrefix string) *MetricsDiscoveryConfig {
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ func DefaultConfig(rateInterval time.Duration, labelPrefix string) *MetricsDisco
 					},
 				},
 				Name:         NameMapping{Matches: "^container_(.*)_seconds_total$"},
-				MetricsQuery: fmt.Sprintf(`sum(rate(${.Series}${${.LabelMatchers}$,container_name!="POD"}[%s])) by (${.GroupBy}$)`, pmodel.Duration(rateInterval).String()),
+				MetricsQuery: fmt.Sprintf(`sum(rate(<<.Series>>{<<.LabelMatchers>>,container_name!="POD"}[%s])) by (<<.GroupBy>>)`, pmodel.Duration(rateInterval).String()),
 			},
 
 			// container rate metrics
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ func DefaultConfig(rateInterval time.Duration, labelPrefix string) *MetricsDisco
 					},
 				},
 				Name:         NameMapping{Matches: "^container_(.*)_total$"},
-				MetricsQuery: fmt.Sprintf(`sum(rate(${.Series}${${.LabelMatchers}$,container_name!="POD"}[%s])) by (${.GroupBy}$)`, pmodel.Duration(rateInterval).String()),
+				MetricsQuery: fmt.Sprintf(`sum(rate(<<.Series>>{<<.LabelMatchers>>,container_name!="POD"}[%s])) by (<<.GroupBy>>)`, pmodel.Duration(rateInterval).String()),
 			},
 
 			// container non-cumulative metrics
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ func DefaultConfig(rateInterval time.Duration, labelPrefix string) *MetricsDisco
 					},
 				},
 				Name:         NameMapping{Matches: "^container_(.*)$"},
-				MetricsQuery: `sum(${.Series}${${.LabelMatchers}$,container_name!="POD"}) by (${.GroupBy}$)`,
+				MetricsQuery: `sum(<<.Series>>{<<.LabelMatchers>>,container_name!="POD"}) by (<<.GroupBy>>)`,
 			},
 
 			// normal non-cumulative metrics
@@ -62,9 +63,9 @@ func DefaultConfig(rateInterval time.Duration, labelPrefix string) *MetricsDisco
 				SeriesQuery:   string(prom.MatchSeries("", prom.LabelNeq(fmt.Sprintf("%snamespace", labelPrefix), ""), prom.NameNotMatches("^container_.*"))),
 				SeriesFilters: []RegexFilter{{IsNot: ".*_total$"}},
 				Resources: ResourceMapping{
-					Template: fmt.Sprintf("%s${.Resource}$", labelPrefix),
+					Template: fmt.Sprintf("%s<<.Resource>>", labelPrefix),
 				},
-				MetricsQuery: "sum(${.Series}${${.LabelMatchers}$}) by (${.GroupBy}$)",
+				MetricsQuery: "sum(<<.Series>>{<<.LabelMatchers>>}) by (<<.GroupBy>>)",
 			},
 
 			// normal rate metrics
@@ -73,9 +74,9 @@ func DefaultConfig(rateInterval time.Duration, labelPrefix string) *MetricsDisco
 				SeriesFilters: []RegexFilter{{IsNot: ".*_seconds_total"}},
 				Name:          NameMapping{Matches: "^(.*)_total$"},
 				Resources: ResourceMapping{
-					Template: fmt.Sprintf("%s${.Resource}$", labelPrefix),
+					Template: fmt.Sprintf("%s<<.Resource>>", labelPrefix),
 				},
-				MetricsQuery: fmt.Sprintf("sum(rate(${.Series}${${.LabelMatchers}$}[%s])) by (${.GroupBy}$)", pmodel.Duration(rateInterval).String()),
+				MetricsQuery: fmt.Sprintf("sum(rate(<<.Series>>{<<.LabelMatchers>>}[%s])) by (<<.GroupBy>>)", pmodel.Duration(rateInterval).String()),
 			},
 
 			// seconds rate metrics
@@ -83,9 +84,9 @@ func DefaultConfig(rateInterval time.Duration, labelPrefix string) *MetricsDisco
 				SeriesQuery: string(prom.MatchSeries("", prom.LabelNeq(fmt.Sprintf("%snamespace", labelPrefix), ""), prom.NameNotMatches("^container_.*"))),
 				Name:        NameMapping{Matches: "^(.*)_seconds_total$"},
 				Resources: ResourceMapping{
-					Template: fmt.Sprintf("%s${.Resource}$", labelPrefix),
+					Template: fmt.Sprintf("%s<<.Resource>>", labelPrefix),
 				},
-				MetricsQuery: fmt.Sprintf("sum(rate(${.Series}${${.LabelMatchers}$}[%s])) by (${.GroupBy}$)", pmodel.Duration(rateInterval).String()),
+				MetricsQuery: fmt.Sprintf("sum(rate(<<.Series>>{<<.LabelMatchers>>}[%s])) by (<<.GroupBy>>)", pmodel.Duration(rateInterval).String()),
 			},
 		},
 	}
diff --git a/deploy/manifests/custom-metrics-apiserver-deployment.yaml b/deploy/manifests/custom-metrics-apiserver-deployment.yaml
index 848d4ec3..5ca0e55f 100644
--- a/deploy/manifests/custom-metrics-apiserver-deployment.yaml
+++ b/deploy/manifests/custom-metrics-apiserver-deployment.yaml
@@ -28,15 +28,21 @@ spec:
         - --logtostderr=true
         - --prometheus-url=http://prometheus.prom.svc:9090/
         - --metrics-relist-interval=30s
-        - --rate-interval=5m
         - --v=10
+        - --config=/default-config.yaml
         ports:
         - containerPort: 6443
         volumeMounts:
         - mountPath: /var/run/serving-cert
           name: volume-serving-cert
           readOnly: true
+        - mountPath: /etc/adapter/
+          name: config
+          readOnly: true
       volumes:
       - name: volume-serving-cert
         secret:
           secretName: cm-adapter-serving-certs
+      - name: config
+        configMap:
+          name: adapter-config
diff --git a/deploy/manifests/custom-metrics-config-map.yaml b/deploy/manifests/custom-metrics-config-map.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..04ee0c67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deploy/manifests/custom-metrics-config-map.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: adapter-config
+  namespace: custom-metrics
+data:
+  config.yaml: |
+    rules:
+    - seriesQuery: '{__name__=~"^container_.*",container_name!="POD",namespace!="",pod_name!=""}'
+      seriesFilters: []
+      resources:
+        overrides:
+          namespace:
+            resource: namespace
+          pod_name:
+            resource: pod
+      name:
+        matches: ^container_(.*)_seconds_total$
+        as: ""
+      metricsQuery: sum(rate(<<.Series>>{<<.LabelMatchers>>,container_name!="POD"}[5m]))
+        by (<<.GroupBy>>)
+    - seriesQuery: '{__name__=~"^container_.*",container_name!="POD",namespace!="",pod_name!=""}'
+      seriesFilters:
+      - isNot: ^container_.*_seconds_total$
+      resources:
+        overrides:
+          namespace:
+            resource: namespace
+          pod_name:
+            resource: pod
+      name:
+        matches: ^container_(.*)_total$
+        as: ""
+      metricsQuery: sum(rate(<<.Series>>{<<.LabelMatchers>>,container_name!="POD"}[5m]))
+        by (<<.GroupBy>>)
+    - seriesQuery: '{__name__=~"^container_.*",container_name!="POD",namespace!="",pod_name!=""}'
+      seriesFilters:
+      - isNot: ^container_.*_total$
+      resources:
+        overrides:
+          namespace:
+            resource: namespace
+          pod_name:
+            resource: pod
+      name:
+        matches: ^container_(.*)$
+        as: ""
+      metricsQuery: sum(<<.Series>>{<<.LabelMatchers>>,container_name!="POD"}) by (<<.GroupBy>>)
+    - seriesQuery: '{namespace!="",__name__!~"^container_.*"}'
+      seriesFilters:
+      - isNot: .*_total$
+      resources:
+        template: <<.Resource>>
+      name:
+        matches: ""
+        as: ""
+      metricsQuery: sum(<<.Series>>{<<.LabelMatchers>>}) by (<<.GroupBy>>)
+    - seriesQuery: '{namespace!="",__name__!~"^container_.*"}'
+      seriesFilters:
+      - isNot: .*_seconds_total
+      resources:
+        template: <<.Resource>>
+      name:
+        matches: ^(.*)_total$
+        as: ""
+      metricsQuery: sum(rate(<<.Series>>{<<.LabelMatchers>>}[5m])) by (<<.GroupBy>>)
+    - seriesQuery: '{namespace!="",__name__!~"^container_.*"}'
+      seriesFilters: []
+      resources:
+        template: <<.Resource>>
+      name:
+        matches: ^(.*)_seconds_total$
+        as: ""
+      metricsQuery: sum(rate(<<.Series>>{<<.LabelMatchers>>}[5m])) by (<<.GroupBy>>)
diff --git a/pkg/config/config.go b/pkg/config/config.go
index 82443f0b..6a31e8f1 100644
--- a/pkg/config/config.go
+++ b/pkg/config/config.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ type DiscoveryRule struct {
 	// that can't be represented in the SeriesQuery (e.g. series matching `container_.+`
 	// not matching `container_.+_total`.  A filter will be automatically appended to
 	// match the form specified in Name.
-	SeriesFilters []RegexFilter `yaml:"seriesFilter"`
+	SeriesFilters []RegexFilter `yaml:"seriesFilters"`
 	// Resources specifies how associated Kubernetes resources should be discovered for
 	// the given metrics.
 	Resources ResourceMapping `yaml:"resources"`
diff --git a/pkg/custom-provider/metric_namer.go b/pkg/custom-provider/metric_namer.go
index 650c4be4..c88e9bf0 100644
--- a/pkg/custom-provider/metric_namer.go
+++ b/pkg/custom-provider/metric_namer.go
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ func (n *metricNamer) makeLabelForResource(resource schema.GroupResource) (pmode
 
 	singularRes, err := n.mapper.ResourceSingularizer(resource.Resource)
 	if err != nil {
-		return "", fmt.Errorf("unable to singularize resource %s: %v", resource.String, err)
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("unable to singularize resource %s: %v", resource.String(), err)
 	}
 	convResource := schema.GroupResource{
 		Group:    groupNameSanitizer.Replace(resource.Group),
diff --git a/pkg/custom-provider/provider_test.go b/pkg/custom-provider/provider_test.go
index 06a69c03..aa0f54d8 100644
--- a/pkg/custom-provider/provider_test.go
+++ b/pkg/custom-provider/provider_test.go
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
 	fakedyn "k8s.io/client-go/dynamic/fake"
 
+	config "github.com/directxman12/k8s-prometheus-adapter/cmd/config-gen/utils"
 	prom "github.com/directxman12/k8s-prometheus-adapter/pkg/client"
-	"github.com/directxman12/k8s-prometheus-adapter/pkg/config"
 	pmodel "github.com/prometheus/common/model"
 )
 
diff --git a/pkg/custom-provider/series_registry_test.go b/pkg/custom-provider/series_registry_test.go
index 6bef6c45..b23bf5f8 100644
--- a/pkg/custom-provider/series_registry_test.go
+++ b/pkg/custom-provider/series_registry_test.go
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ import (
 	apimeta "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/meta"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
 
+	config "github.com/directxman12/k8s-prometheus-adapter/cmd/config-gen/utils"
 	prom "github.com/directxman12/k8s-prometheus-adapter/pkg/client"
-	"github.com/directxman12/k8s-prometheus-adapter/pkg/config"
 )
 
 // restMapper creates a RESTMapper with just the types we need for